Chapter 5

The months since finding each other seemed to fly by for Finn and Rachel and before they knew it they were about to celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary Rachel had a very special gift for her wonderful husband , she could hardly control her excitement as she placed the small black and white picture with two small bean shaped blobs into a small gift box underneath a small piece of soft yellow coloured material, she put on the top and wrapped a silver and gold ribbon around it before kissing the top gently and leaving it on Finn's place setting at the table. She ran into the kitchen to put the finishing touches on the romantic dinner she had spent all afternoon preparing which included all Finn's favourite foods.

She was just about to pour him a glass of wine when the front door opened and his voice floated down the hall

"Babe where are you?"

"I'm in the kitchen honey, how was your day?"

"It's infinitely better now I'm here with you" he says presenting her with an enormous bunch of stargazer lilies and a deep kiss on her smiling lips "happy anniversary baby girl"

"Oh Finny they are beautiful, thank you and happy anniversary to you too, I can't wait to give you your present, go and sit down while I put these flowers in a vase".

As she gently pushed Finn towards the dining room she was arranging the lilies when she heard a sob from the other room and realizing what Finn had found raced into the dining room and found her big strong manly husband pressing a piece of paper to his lips and looking at her with tears rolling down his cheeks hardly able to speak , but was able to gesture for Rachel to come over and he took her tiny hand in large one and gently pulled her onto his lap while trying to straighten out the paper in his other hand.

"Is this real, are you really pregnant babe?" Rachel was so happy she couldn't stop her tears if she tried so she just nodded and lent down and pressed her lips to Finn's, he pulled away and slid one hand down to her abdomen and very gently rubbed it.

"Yes baby it's really true we are having two babies in about 7 months are you happy?"

"Of course I'm happy it's the best news I've heard since you agreed to be my girlfriend, I can't wait, when can we find out what sex they are?"

"Not for another 3 months or so will it matter?"

"Not as long as one of them is a girl who will be just as beautiful and tiny like her mother ".

"Well the other one has to be a boy as handsome and caring as his father"

"I'm just so happy baby thank you this is the best present ever, I love you so much Rach and I can't wait to meet them". The rest of the evening was spent in a happy blissful bubble, every now and then Finn felt the need to kiss Rachel's lips deeply while rubbing his large hand over her abdomen, breaking his kisses from her swollen lips to move gently down her body and press his lips against the small but noticeable roundness and whisper how much he already loved and couldn't wait to meet the tiny miracles growing inside his beautiful angel, he swore from that day on to always be there to love and protect all three of them as they were his whole world.

Rachel seemed to cope pretty well with the pregnancy, other than morning sickness for a couple of months, but once that settled down , she just seemed to glow with life and happiness, she was still working, luckily her job as a freelance photographer enabled her to work when she wanted to. And as her pregnancy progressed she was thankful because carrying twins, was hard work, the fact she was so tiny was making her more tired than usual, as much as she loved their babies she couldn't help but feel she just wanted them to be here so she could see her feet and walk around without waddling . When she complained about this to Finn he couldn't help but chuckle and proceeded to kiss the pout off her face and tell her she was the most beautiful woman in the world and the precious cargo she carried was worth more to him than all the gold and riches in the entire world.

When it came to choosing baby names , Finn and Rachel made the decision to just write their favourite names on a slip of paper and take turns in picking until they had their 2 favourite boy's and girl's names, even before they knew the sex of the babies. After dinner one Friday night when Rachel was about five months along the couple decided to reveal their chosen names so when they went for their Obstetricians' appointment the next Monday they would be able to name and find out what sex their babies are.

" OK baby you go first" Finn says to his tiny wife laying next to him on the couch, her body leaning against his chest as their hands lay entwined against her rounded belly hoping to feel movement.

"OK well I really didn't have to think about it because I'm pretty certain we are having a boy and a girl", as she is speaking she reaches into the little bowl they put their name choices in and extracted a small piece of pink paper. "So naturally I chose Christopher and Rebecca ". As she finished talking Finn has reached his hand inside and pulled out his own paper, he showed it to Rachel with a beaming dimpled smile and moist eye.

"Baby I'm so in love with you and I knew from the first time we touched that we were meant to be and I agree with you about a boy and a girl, I found it easy to choose as well", with a gentle kiss on her upturned face he unfolds his paper to reveal the exact same words. At the same moment Rachel's belly started to move as though the babies' were agreeing with the decision and were more than excited about it.

As it turned out they were right and couldn't be happier, so four months later when their babies arrived after a hard 24 hour labor, many, many happy tears Finn holds his tiny baby daughter in his arms for the first time and kisses her soft pink cheek he whispers.

"Hello Rebecca, I'm your Daddy and I love you so much", she opens her big dark brown eyes and looks straight into his before grabbing hold of his shirt and letting out a very contented sigh. Rachel is sobbing with happiness as she cuddles close to her breast her Christopher, he wasn't as tiny as his sister but when he looked at her with his cinnamon eyes and his little cheek seemed to lift into a sideways grin showing already the cutest little dimple, her heart nearly burst with happiness and love, she couldn't do anything but lock eyes with her husband's and mouth a silent thank you and I love you so much.

Later that night when everyone had been cleaned up and moved to their private room Finn and Rachel sat for a while cuddled together just watching their precious babies sleeping, Finn takes hold of Rachel's tiny hand in his large one and gently pulls her to her feet and guides her with one hand on the small of her back marveling as always how petite she is and forever amazed how she was able to carry to term and give birth with no complications to twins. Chris weighed in at 6 and 1/2 pounds and 22 inches long, while Becca was a tiny 5 pounds and 18 inches long. Silently Finn leads as the pair make their way out to the small balcony and he settles his exhausted wife on his lap arms snaked around her middle, mindful of her tender body and just holds her kissing her cheek and murmuring sweet words of love , and as they look to the night sky, again amazed by the show nature has bestowed upon them, they see the twin shooting stars make their way across the heavens followed by softly spoken words of thanks from the very much in love and happy couple.